Device for teaching arithmetic



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H. WAGNER.

DEVICE FOR TEACHING ARITHMETIG.

Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

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DEVICE FOR TEACHING ARITHMETIU. No. 262,191. Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

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HER-MANN \VAGNER, OF ELIZABETH, NE? JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR TEACHING ARITHMETIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,191, dated August 1, 1882.

Application filed April .T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, UERMANN \VAGNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth,in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Teaching Arithmetic, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device whicluwhile it serves as a toy, assists in teaching arithmetic.

The peculiar construction of my toy, which forms the subject-matter of my invention, is fully pointed out in the following specification.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure it represents a front view ofthe interior mechanism, the face-plate having been removed. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the entire device in the plane a 90, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a face view of the same. Fig. at is a face view of the carrier on a smaller scale than the previous figures. Fig. 5 is a transverse section ofthe same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a box made of wood or any other suitable material, the face-plate or cover 13 of which is provided with a series of openings, a, over which are placed a series offigures, as shown in Fig.3. In this figure I have shown ten openings (1, and the figures placed over them run from 1 to 10; but the number of the openings and the figures placed over them can be changed. For instance, instead of placing the figures'from 1 to 10 over the openings a, the figures from 10 to 20, or any other figures, can be selected, and for this purpose I propose to provide transverse slides on which the different series of figslides different quantities can be multiplied or divided, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the interior oft-he box A is situated arackbar,G,which is guided in a metallic frame, D, and extends down into the hollow handle E of the box A. To this rack-bar is firmly secured a carrier, F, which is made of a fiat plate of sheet metal or any other suitable material, provided at its edges with lips I) I), (see Figs. 4 and 5,) between which the tables G are placed. The sides of the carrier rest upon the sides 0 c of the box, the cover or face-plate B being elevated above these sides, so as to leave slots d,

Fig. 2, in which the carrier moves, and through which the tables G can be introduced.

The rack-bar O is moved up ordown by means of pinions e c, Fig. 1, which are geared together with the driving-shaftfiand also with an arbor, g. The driving-shalt extends through the faceplate 13, and on its outer end is mounted a crank, 71., by means of which said shaft can be turned in either direction. The arbor I also extends through the faceplate, and on its outer end is mounted an index, i, which travels over a dial, 7', marked on the face-plate. hen the crank 71. is turned in the direction of arrow 1, Fig. 3, the carrier F is raised and the index 1' turns in the direction of arrow 2.

The tables G, which are placed on the carrier F, are marked with difi'erent figures, according to the quantity to be multiplied. One ofthe tablesfor multiplication,forinstanceis marked with ten rows of figures,as indicated in Fig. 1, the figures in each row being in such positions that they will show through the openings a in the face-plate of the box A as the table containing them is moved up by the carrier F. If the carrier is clear do\vn,the index i points-to the figure 10 (or zero) on the dial 3', Fig. 3. If the crank it is turned in the direction of arrow 1, the carrier is elevated, and when the indexzpoints to the figure l on dial j the first row of figures on the table G shows through the openings a (1, and so on. \Vhen the carrier is raised to the position shown in Fig. 3 the third row of figures on the table G show through the openings to a, and the index i points to the figure 3, which, in this instance, is the multiplier, while the figures 1 2 3 4L 5 marked on the face-plate are the multiplicants, and the products show through the openings a a.

With the driving-shaft f is combined an alarm, H,which is sounded whenever said shaft has completed one revolution, and the shaftf is geared together with the shaft 9 in such a manner that the index '5 travels from one figure on the dialj to the next for each revolution of the shaftf. By the alarm, therefore, the position of the carrier is indicated.

The carrier is divided by a stop, m, Fig. 4, so that one table G can be inserted from one side and another table from the other side;

and in Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a multiplication-table on one and a division-table on the other side. In Fig. 3 the index t points to the divisor 3, and the figures exhibited through the opening a show 6 divided by 3 equal to 2, 7 divided by 3 equal to 25;, and so on. From these examples it will be obvious that by the aid of the proper tables addition, multiplication, division, and other mathematical operations can -be performed, and if the figures 1 to 10 which are marked on the face-plate B are placed on a slide instead of marking them directly upon the face-plate, and difi'erent slides with different figures are provided, the capacity of my machine can be increased to any desired degree, as already stated.

What Iclaini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the ease A,having its face-plate provided with openings a, the carrier F, the shaft f for raising the carrier, the index t, and the dial j, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the case A, having its face-plate provided with openings at, the carrier F, the shaftf for raising the carrier, the index i, the disk j, and the a1arm,substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMANN WAGNER.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

